Improvement in devices for converting motion



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G. TURNER.

Devicefor Converting Pviution.

No. 164,783" 'Patented1une22,1875.

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G. TURNER.

Device for Converting Motio-n. No.l64,783.

Patented June 22,1875.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Drrroh.

GEORGE TURNER, or KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT T0 LE GRAND WHITOOMB, or SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICES FOR CONVERTING MOTION.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 164,753, dated June 22, 1875; application filed March 27, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE TURNER, of Kalamazoo, in the county of Kalamazoo and State of Michigan, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Converting Motion and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and tothe lettens and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a. front view of my device, and Fig. 2

is a plan View of the same. Fig. 3 is a side View, part sectional, and Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view.

The object of this invention is to obtain rotarymotion from a pitman-rod, which is actuated by a crank and the nature of my invention consists in a driving-crank, a pitman havin g rack-teeth on opposite sides of it, and two spur-wheels, which engage with said rackteeth, and which are so applied on their shafts that they engage with the same when turned in one direction only, as will be hereinafter explained. I

In the annexed drawings, A designates a frame, which is designed for supporting the improved mechanism, and B is a short shaft, which has its bearing in the upper end of a post, A, rising from frame A. On one end of shaft B is keyed a crank-arm, a, to which is pivoted the upper end of a pitman-rod, O, the lower portion of which is constructed with rack-teeth b b on its edges. The rack-teeth b b engage with two spurred rings, D D, which are clamped between circular plates E E, confined on shafts F F. The plates E of each spurred ring have inclined planes 0 formed on them, shown in Fig. 3, which terminate in planes 0 of the plates belonging to the two rings D D are so arranged relatively to each other that when the pitman-rod O is caused to descend the balls 0 of ringD will bind on this ring and turn the shaft F. At-the same time the ring D will be turned without moving its shaft F. hen the pitman-rod O is caused to rise, the ring D will rotate its shaft F, and ring D will turn freely without moving its shaft F. The shafts F F carry spur-wheels Gr Gr on their inner ends, both of which wheels engage with a pinion spur-wheel, J, which is keyed on a shaft,K,ca-rryinga balance-wheel, L.

It will be seen from the above description that the pitman-rod (3 receives vertical and vibratorymotions, and transmits, through the medium of wheels D D, their clutches, and the wheels, a continuous rotary motion to the shaft K.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is r The spurred rings D D, clamped between two circularplates, E E, each plate having-inclined planes 0 c, which terminate in semicircular recesses d, and the balls 0, in combination with the racked pitman G and operatiu g mechanism.

In testimony that 1 claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE TURNER.

Witnesses:

BUN. BANNISTER, FRANK W. Bron. 

